Commonwealth v. Allen

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding withdrawal defense was viable in response to claim of ineffective assistance of counsel for not pursuing different defense

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Chase
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-01-29· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Cintron
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-12-21· cited 40×
• Commonwealth v. Vasquez
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-07-17· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Vinton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-08-01· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Rivera
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-01-09· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Rebello
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-11-27· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Cruz
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-08-09· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Mitchell
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-01-28· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Perl
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-11-07· cited 4×
• Allen v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-03-27· cited 1×
• State of Tennessee v. Takeita M. Locke
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-06-25
• Commonwealth v. Jason Estabrook
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2025-08-25

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Wright
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-15· cited 357×
• Commonwealth v. Matchett
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-06-14· cited 157×
• Commonwealth v. Waite
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-05-31· cited 105×
• Commonwealth v. Robinson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-06· cited 79×
• Commonwealth v. Fickett
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-08-10· cited 67×
• Commonwealth v. Ortiz
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-10-16· cited 64×
• Shannon v. United States
  Tenth Circuit· 1935-03-22· cited 61×
• Commonwealth v. Valentin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-05-08· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Ruddock
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-11-02· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Parker
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-05-08· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Nichypor
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-12-20· cited 52×
• R. I. Recreation Center, Inc. v. Ætna Casualty & Surety Co.
  First Circuit· 1949-11-03· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Cormier
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-05-14· cited 23×